Posts Tagged ‘T cells’
Tripped T-cells reject transplant organs
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Certain cells “stick their feet” in the bloodstream to trip-up and collect immune system T-cells, which can lead to transplant organ rejection. Continue…
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 14:33 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - May 6, 2013 15:25 - 0 Comments
Baby immune cells are born ready to fight
CORNELL (US) — Found in newborns, small populations of preprogrammed immune cells can fight specific pathogens that they have never encountered. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 12, 2013 14:47 - 0 Comments
Immune system ‘trainer’ cells don’t quit
EMORY (US) — Follicular helper T cells, which are important for generating potent antibodies, stick around even after a viral infection is over, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 2, 2013 17:40 - 0 Comments
T cell ‘atlas’ paves way for new vaccines
COLUMBIA U. (US) — The first-ever “atlas” of immune cells in the human body may lead to new vaccine strategies and immunotherapies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 27, 2012 11:23 - 0 Comments
How stem cells ‘grow up’ to cause inflammation
NYU (US) — Scientists have determined how cells that cause inflammatory ailments, such as Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and arthritis, develop from stem cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 10, 2012 11:23 - 2 Comments
To fight cancer, hijack killer cells
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Taking cells that normally attack common infections and targeting cancer instead could offer the body a ready-made army against the killer disease, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 16, 2012 10:05 - 4 Comments
To kill latent HIV, lure it into an ambush
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — AIDS experts have figured out a way to kill off the latent HIV that hides in infected T cells long after antiretroviral drugs suppress it to undetectable levels. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 21, 2012 18:40 - 0 Comments
New clues to how HIV avoids body’s attack
UC DAVIS (US) — Tissue infected with a close relative of HIV can ramp up production of a type of T cell that actually weakens the body’s attack against the invading virus. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2012 12:15 - 0 Comments
T cells help immune system remember invaders
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — After defeating an infection, the immune system creates a memory of the vanquished attacker to make it easier to identify and eliminate it in the future. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 16, 2012 12:41 - 0 Comments
Seen for first time: T-cells knock out insulin
CARDIFF (UK) — T-cells in the human body, which help protect us from disease, can inadvertently destroy cells that produce insulin, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 27, 2011 10:48 - 1 Comment
‘Treg’ cells stop immune system meltdown
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Researchers have uncovered new details about the genetic underpinnings of cells known as Tregs, which are currently being tested as treatments for diseases such as type I diabetes, arthritis and lupus. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2011 10:15 - 0 Comments
Stem cells morph into cancer busters
PENN STATE (US) — Adult stem cells from mice converted to antigen-specific T cells may lead to a simpler, more efficient way to use the body’s immune system to fight cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 19, 2011 12:05 - 12 Comments
To cure HIV, attack the reservoir
CALTECH (US) — Chronic infectious diseases like HIV survive by forming reservoirs. These small populations of a bacterium or virus persist despite attacks from the immune system or drug treatment. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2011 17:32 - 1 Comment
Lamprey boasts refined immune system
EMORY (US) — The primitive, predatory lamprey has a surprisingly sophisticated immune system, possessing structures within its gills that play the same role as the thymus, the organ where T cells develop in mammals, birds, and fish. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2011 13:27 - 0 Comments
How T cells recognize the bad guys
GEORGIA TECH / EMORY (US) — T cells are the immune system’s guard dogs, attacking pathogens while leaving the body’s own cells alone. Now researchers have mapped the process that T cells use to tell friend from foe. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2010 11:42 - 0 Comments
Keeping bone marrow transplants safe
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Researchers have discovered a new method to prevent the immune-system attacks that often occur following bone marrow transplants. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 6, 2010 10:52 - 1 Comment
Air pollution inflames asthma
UC BERKELEY / STANFORD (US) — Exposure to dirty air is linked to decreased function of a gene that appears to increase the severity of asthma in children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 17, 2010 10:24 - 0 Comments
Extending the life of organ transplants
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (UK)—New developments using protein therapeutics and cell therapy may help prevent organ rejection and extend lives. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 7, 2010 11:32 - 1 Comment
What separates the cells from the T cells?
CALTECH (US)—When does a cell decide its particular identity? In the case of T cells—immune system cells that help destroy invading pathogens—the answer is when the cells begin expressing a particular gene, according to a new study. (more…)
